Hiking Scavenger Hunt

Last week in class we went hiking together at Tanglewood Nature Center. My group was not too excited to go hiking because we are all from the city. Nature was never my thing and I had never gone hiking before. We were told to meet at 9AM sharp and to bring water and cameras. We were also told to wear sneakers that we don’t care about, which was a problem for me because I care about all my sneakers. Soon enough the time came and we had to jump in our cars and drive to Tanglewood. In my group were Shannon, Megan, Kelsie, and I. We basically just wondered off and followed the boy’s path. At first it wasn’t too bad besides the signs that read “caution: rattlesnakes,” which we did not like. It was a nice day but it had been raining for a couple days prior to the hike, so of course there was mud. Me and mud DO NOT get along. At this point I was pissed and so were the girls. We had to go uphill and it was covered in mud. My sneakers were now ruined. It seemed to only get worse with the whole mud situation, so we all wanted to cry because we were being dramatic. At this point we found the boys snapping pictures of us because one of the things on the list for the scavenger hunt was something funny, which apparently was us. After surviving the mud hill we proceeded to walk the trail and take pictures for the scavenger hunt until a thorn bush jumped out and attacked me. Again, I was not happy. As the hike started to get better we came to a shed that was surrounded by water and a beautiful view. After taking pictures and passing the shed we came out to a road. It was the end of the trail, but we were expected to walk back the same way that we came, which was NOT happening. So we decided to walk back on the road, which was also an adventure. I honestly would not have minded hiking if there was not any mud. The thing that I did like was the view because it was absolutely beautiful. The hike was also wicked funny.